Press Releases

The National Kidney Registry (NKR) is proud to sponsor a team of 11 transplant recipients and donors as they take on the grueling Rat Race: Source to City, a 316‑mile multisport traverse of the Hudson River Valley, beginning at the river’s source in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York and ending in Battery Park, … Read More

Kidney transplant recipient and Donor Games athlete Abigail Beckman-Green will represent Team USA at the 2025 World Transplant Games, held August 17–24 in Dresden, Germany, her second appearance at the global event. Beckman-Green received her kidney transplant in August 2016 at the University of Michigan Transplant Center. Her aunt, Karen Green, donated her kidney after … Read More

The National Kidney Registry is pleased to announce its first-ever Donor Games Lakes Regional competition to showcase the fitness of living kidney and liver donors and raise awareness about the need for living donors nationwide. The 2025 Lakes Regional will be held at Adventure Awaits CrossFit, 3200 Schofield Ave, Weston, WI, on June 21, 2025 … Read More

On September 22, 2024, living kidney donor Elizabeth Young competed in the Women’s Ironman World Championship in Nice, France. Young’s participating in the event was sponsored by the National Kidney Registry. Young donated a kidney to a stranger in 2022. She has completed 12 Ironman competitions, six of them since her donation. She completed the … Read More

Theron Hayes has gone above and beyond to make a life-changing difference. He donated a kidney in 2023, hiked the Pacific Crest Trail to raise awareness for living kidney donation with sponsorship from the National Kidney Registry, and is now preparing to donate a portion of his liver to a stranger. Hayes’ kidney donation journey … Read More

On September 27, 2024, four women completed a four-day, 444-mile bicycle ride to raise awareness for living kidney donation. The four women, all living kidney donors, were sponsored by the National Kidney Registry. The bicycle ride began in Nashville, Tennessee, and traveled along the Natchez Trace Parkway, a 444-mile recreational road and scenic drive through … Read More

Congratulations to all the athletes who participated in the Donor Games 2024 Championship on Saturday, September 14, at Affinity Athletics in Stamford, Connecticut. It was our best Championship yet, with many new faces and amazing performances. Women’s Division Results Mimi Mahon captured her fourth Donor Games Championship win, besting the competition by an even larger … Read More

On August 2–3, 2024, a team of seven kidney donors, five kidney recipients, and two drivers/support crew who are also donors will compete in the Wild West Relay, a 200-mile journey through the Rocky Mountains consisting of 16,000 feet of climbing at elevations of two miles above sea level. This is a unique effort to … Read More

The National Kidney Registry is pleased to announce its second Donor Games Regional competition to showcase the fitness of living kidney and liver donors and raise awareness about the need for living donors nationwide. The Donor Games Regional competitions are the latest in the Donor Games family of events, which include Donor Games Open remote … Read More

The National Kidney Registry is pleased to announce its first-ever Donor Games Regional competition to showcase the fitness of living kidney and liver donors and raise awareness about the need for living donors nationwide. The Donor Games Regional competitions are the latest in the Donor Games family of events, which include Donor Games Open remote … Read More